Most popular girls’ names in New York, 1963

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Lisa	5,138
2	Mary	3,783
3	Susan	3,661
4	Karen	3,116
5	Patricia	2,994
6	Linda	2,541
7	Donna	2,540
8	Elizabeth	2,208
9	Deborah	2,105
10	Nancy	1,992
11	Kathleen	1,984
12	Laura	1,973
13	Barbara	1,938
14	Christine	1,844
15	Lori	1,789
16	Maria	1,707
17	Denise	1,683
18	Diane	1,530
19	Sandra	1,489
20	Debra	1,439
21	Sharon	1,409
22	Cynthia	1,370
23	Theresa	1,362
24	Pamela	1,321
25	Robin	1,252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Carol	1,176
27	Michelle	1,171
28	Margaret	1,167
29	Catherine	1,164
30	Laurie	1,115
31	Cheryl	1,106
32	Jacqueline	1,087
33	Michele	1,073
34	Kim	1,069
35	Brenda	1,024
36	Ann	970
37	Dawn	965
38	Jennifer	921
39	Janet	919
40	Amy	882
41	Suzanne	880
42	Tammy	879
43	Kimberly	862
44	Kelly	847
45	Joanne	838
46	Maureen	837
47	Eileen	824
48	Anne	784
49	Julie	767
50	Tina	745
51	Wendy	743
52	Angela	705
53	Teresa	702
54	Lynn	701
55	Ellen	688
56	Carolyn	680
57	Valerie	669
58	Diana	666
59	Paula	643
60	Tracy	639
61	Colleen	619
62	Andrea	618
63	Kathy	610
64	Debbie	604
65	Joan	598
66	Beth	594
67	Jill	588
67	Renee	588
69	Jean	584
70	Lorraine	583
71	Marie	581
72	Darlene	569
73	Gina	566
74	Judith	565
75	Sheila	551
76	Annette	546
77	Stephanie	543
78	Cindy	531
79	Evelyn	525
80	Gail	513
81	Leslie	507
82	Wanda	498
83	Janice	494
84	Bonnie	478
85	Melissa	474
86	Katherine	472
87	Jane	468
88	Yvette	455
89	Carmen	439
90	Joann	438
91	Christina	430
92	Doreen	425
93	Rose	417
94	Regina	415
95	Elaine	413
96	Victoria	408
97	Cathy	406
98	Helen	402
99	Anna	398
100	Kathryn	388